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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the possible real reason that the female slave was beaten?
(a) She is found with a male slave and her master was jealous.
(b) She stole some food.
(c) She ran away, but was later caught.
(d) She was disobedent.

2. According to Douglass, what did the slaves strive for at Lloyd's plantations?
(a) To get extra food.
(b) To be the head slave.
(c) To get an additional blanket.
(d) To work at the main farm.

3. Who did Douglass's first master oversee?
(a) All of the overseers.
(b) Most of the overseers.
(c) Three of the overseers.
(d) Two of the overseers.

4. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?
(a) He was a publisher.
(b) He was a writer.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a soldier.

5. Near what river was the main farm Douglass grew up on?
(a) Mississippi River.
(b) Miles River.
(c) Maryland River.
(d) Chippewa River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Colonel Edward Lloyd?

2. What was the main competition among the slaves, according to the author in Chapter 3?

3. How many shirts did each working slave get for a year?

4. What did the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins want to do?

5. How many overseers were there for the farms that Colonel Edward Lloyd owns?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Phillips risk his life to be a part of the anti-slavery movement?

2. Why is Douglass so concerned about his age in Chapter 1?

3. Who was William Lloyd Garrison?

4. What does Douglass mention in particular about the slaves suffering in Chapter 2?

5. What was Colonel Lloyd's garden like?

6. How is Garrison's Preface different than other prefaces?

7. What did the white children know that black slaves do not, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 1?

8. Who was Wendell Phillips?

9. Describe in detail what was given to the slaves by the slaveholder as their rations. When did they receive these rations?

10. Why does Phillips say he does not want to know Douglass's name or place of birth in the second Preface?

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